The Sonata in F Major by Benedetto Marcello beautifully reflects the spirit of the early 18th-century Italian Baroque. A refined Venetian composer, Marcello reveals here a noble and expressive musical language, characterized by clarity of line and balanced proportions. The work alternates contrasting movements, combining lyrical cantabile passages with lively rhythmic sections, always within a fluid and natural writing style.

The arrangement by Jean-François Michel faithfully preserves the or...